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人間の由来・上 [改訂版]

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award

人間の由来・上 [改訂版]

Masao Kawai

A large work of natural anthropology that traces the origins of human family, society, and behavior through primate studies. It combines field observation with comparative analysis, placing human beings within the continuum of animal societies.

primateshuman evolutionorigins of the familyanimal societies

Work Information

It looks at human origins through primate societies rather than treating humanity as separate from nature.

This two-volume work uses the social structures of monkeys and apes to consider how human sociality emerged. Observation and evolutionary perspective combine to broaden the reader’s view of humanity.

Review Summaries

  • Readers respond to the careful handling of background and structure. The calm narration and clearly drawn figures are often seen as the strengths that carry the weight of the subject.

Book Information

Publisher
小学館
Published
1997-08-01
Pages
430 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784096770054
ISBN-10
4096770051
Price
2640 JPY
Category
本/科学・テクノロジー/生物・バイオテクノロジー/サル・人類学

人間の由来 上 改訂版

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